ippskidder

purplenitroustc

I was talking about hot spots from carbon buildup
odviosly the whole piston isnt gonna be coated

ippskidder

On the contrary if there is carbon build up, I would expect it in the cylinder, top of the piston, tip of the spark plugs, exhaust valves.

I don't know..... that much carbon build up is questionable....

I'm surprised rhythmnsmoke hasn't called B.S. yet, hahhahaha. Its so unlike him. He's usually the first to spot it. Well tcpete as well.

Well, regardless of carbon build up. Lets just say for the sake of argument, it was possible.

If you have a crappy standalone/piggyback then it wouldn't have been able to save the car.

I can only talk about the hydra (i'm sure aem has similar features), when it detects knock, it retards timing and increases fuel.

I don't know. Makes we wonder about the setup you're talking about.

brett561tc

the tc has a knock sensor stock that does this. only it pulls retarded amounts of timing.

ippskidder

I knew that we have a stock knock sensor. That much timing you say? lol

He was talking about a broken piston at 12psi. So he probably has a piggyback/standalone. I'm just wondering which one in particular he had ^^

rhythmnsmoke

I'm technically on vacation...so, I didn't really feel like bothering with it all.

ippskidder

lol fineeeee.

BTW, hows the mishimoto radiator working for you??? =D

rhythmnsmoke

Oh, I love it. My boy Louis bought one recently as well (he punctured his stock one on accident). You don't notice any temp drop on the gauge or anything, but it is a good addition and at a great price. Looking to pick up their oil cooler as well.

brett561tc

^^for his tc or crx?

ippskidder

Is there any pressure drop with the installation of an oil cooler? >.<

Ace83

iTrader: (6)

^^ i thinks its gonna be more an increased oil pressure than a drop, its an additional restriction to the system.. crush has it and i think his oil pressure went a lil bit higher.. i could be wrong

ippskidder

Now the million dollar question is......

Does that have any +/- effect on lubrication?

Ace83

iTrader: (6)

I dont think its gonna cause any significant effect on the motor.. but we need an expert's opinion on that

paul_dezod

AEM has a 100% definable knock control which can be set to be as sensitive as you'd like with adding more fuel, pulling timing and also you can control how fast the timing comes back into play as well.

paulky_2000

Holy crap...this gets WAY complicated, doesn't it? I had no idea I was in so far over my head....even for an old hot-rodder!

Ace83

iTrader: (6)

as any good standalone, those features should be standard.. even our stock ecu has those

rhythmnsmoke

tC

aen

you'd be surprised the amount of knowledge you need to get past a certain level with newer cars.

paulky_2000

There should be classes and seminars for this kind of info. I, for one, am one that doesn't like to rely on others for the correct answers. But this is a whole new automotive genre to me and I want to learn all I can....

....provided I live as FAR from the people who know as is geographically possible! LOL

aen

there are

http://www.uti.edu/

i go there =p